Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods
by Hank Haney
Published 2012 by Crown Archetype

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"The Big Miss "is Hank Haney's candid and surprisingly insightful account of his tumultuous six-year journey with Tiger Woods, during which the supremely gifted golfer collected six major championships and rewrote golf history. Hank was one of the very few people allowed behind the curtain.... More...

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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
by Rachel Maddow
Published 2012 by Crown Publishing Group

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There's a war going on, argues Maddow: a battle between the priorities of civilian life and of the war machine, and right now the national security sector is winning--leaving the United States "less" strong and secure. In "Drift," Maddow shows how deeply militarized our culture has become--how the role of the national security sector has shape-shifted and grown over the past century to the point of being financially unsustainable and confused in mission.... More...

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Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
by Richard Fortey
Published 2012 by Knopf Publishing Group

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"Originally published as Survivors in Great Britain by HarperPress, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, London." From one of the world's leading natural scientists and the acclaimed author of "Trilobite!, Life: A Natural History of Four Billion Years of Life on Earth" and "Dry Storeroom No.... More...

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Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con
by Amy Reading
Published 2012 by Knopf Publishing Group

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A riveting, masterfully told narrative history of con artistry in America and, in particular, of one rancher from Texas, who lost it all to the big con and set out to get his revenge. In 1919, Texas rancher J. Frank Norfleet lost everything he had in a stock market swindle.... More...

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In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
by Ian Stewart
Published 2012 by Basic Books

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Acclaimed writer and mathematician Ian Stewart examines the seventeen equations that have revolutionized our thinking and changed the course of history. In "In Pursuit of the Unknown," celebrated mathematician Ian Stewart uses a handful of mathematical equations to explore the vitally important connections between math and human progress.... More...

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Shiloh, 1862
by Winston Groom
Published 2012 by National Geographic Society

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A main selection in History Book-of-the-Month Club and alternate selection in Military Book-of-the-Month Club.

In the spring of 1862, many Americans still believed that the Civil War, "would be over by Christmas." The previous summer in Virginia, Bull Run, with nearly 5,000 casualties, had been shocking, but suddenly came word from a far away place in the wildernesses of Southwest Tennessee of an appalling battle costing 23,000 casualties, most of them during a single day.... More...

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